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connected with the time that has gone We will forget your past mistakes.

just before now

He's been sick for the past week.

—SYNONYM last

pas • ta / ' pasta / noun [ noncount ]

an Italian food that is made from flour and water, which comes in many different shapes pasta with tomato sauce

paste1 / peist / noun [ count, noncount ]

a soft wet substance, usually made from powder and liquid, and sometimes used for sticking paper to things Mix the flour with milk to make a paste. wallpaper paste

paste 2 / peist / verb ( pastes , past • ing , past • ed )

1 to stick something to another thing using paste Paste the picture into your books.

2 ( COMPUTERS ) to copy or move writing or pictures into a

computer document from somewhere else

You can cut and paste the tables into your essay.

pas • tel / pre stel / adjective

(used about colors) pale, not strong

My daughter wants to paint her room a pastel pink.

pas • time / ' prestaim / noun [ count ]

something that you like doing when you are not working Painting is her favorite pastime.

—SYNONYM hobby

past par • ti • ci • ple / |prest'partasipl / noun [ count ]

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) the form of a verb that in English is used with "have" to make a tense (called the perfect tense )

"Broken" is the past participle of "break."

the past per • fect / бэ |prest ' parfikt / noun

[ singular ]

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) the form of a verb that describes an action that was finished before another thing happened The play had already started when we got there.

pas • try / ' peistri / noun ( plural pas • tries )

[ noncount ] a mixture of flour, butter, and water that is rolled flat and used for making a special type of food (called a pie )

[ count ] a small cake made with pastry

the past tense/ бэ prest ' tens / (also the past) noun [ singular ]

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) the form of a verb that you use to talk about the time before now The past tense of "sing" is "sang."

Look atfuture 1 ( 2 ) , present 2 ( 3 ).

pas • ture / ' prestfar / noun

[ count, noncount ]

a field or piece of land with grass where farm animals can eat

pat / pret / verb ( pats , pat • ting , pat • ted )

to touch someone or something lightly with your hand flat She patted the dog on the head. ► pat noun [ count ] He gave me a pat on the shoulder.

patch / pretf / noun [ count ] ( plural patch .es )

a small piece of something that is not the same as the other parts

a black cat with a white patch on its back

a piece of cloth that you use to cover a hole in things like clothes

I sewed a patch on my jeans.

pat • ent / ' pretnt / noun [ count ]

( BUSINESS ) the official right to be the only person or

company to make or sell a product

The company has the patent for the new software.

pa • ter • nal / pa ' tarnl / adjective

behaving like a father, or connected with being a father paternal love

A paternal relation is from your father's side of the family

my paternal grandmother (= my father's mother )

Look at maternal .

path © / рае8 / noun [ count ] ( plural paths / predz / )

a way across a piece of land, where people can walk a path through the woods

the line along which someone or something moves The fire destroyed everything in its path.

pa • thet • ic / ps ' Qetik / adjective ( informal )

very bad or weak

That was a pathetic performance — they deserved to lose!

pa • tience / ' peijns / noun [ noncount ]